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West Elsdon: All categories · 12:00–18:00 — Graffiti requests

All categories · 12:00–18:00

City source retrieved November 6, 2026 · scan evaluated November 9, 2026 · celeration turn + frequency change

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12-month frequency comparison

October 2024–September 2025
575
October 2025–September 2026
313
Change in monthly mean
-21.83

The two windows each contain 12 complete covered months. The magnitude of the change is 1.84-fold. These are published requests, not a population-adjusted rate. Fixed windows do not establish a breakpoint, remove all seasonal effects or prove a renewal explanation.

Celeration turns: changes between fitted phases

A factor describes a standardized six-month multiplier, not a count. These turns passed the scan’s volume and magnitude gates; phase selection remains exploratory.

  • Suggested boundary January 2020: ×5.46 → ×1.06 per six months; 5.15× change between factors. Adjacent raw phase totals: 295 and 1,938. The fitted slope changes without reversing sign.

Saved observations and fitted phases

Suggested 3-phase description — exploratory, not confirmed.

Fixed six-log-cycle frame · 120 calendar months · factors per six months. Raw zeros stay zero; confirmed zeros become one only for log-space fitting and diagnostics. Missing coverage remains unavailable.

Monthly graffiti removal requests on a standard celeration chartCity of Chicago published records. Fixed six-decade count scale, 120 calendar months, celeration per 6 months. Zero markers are unconnected below the plot. Exact counts and coverage are available in the data table. Analyze: suggested. Suggested 3-phase description — exploratory, not confirmed. See the phase results table for dates, factors and uncertainty.1510501005001,0005,00010,00050,000100,000500,0001,000,000Requests per monthsuggested phase 1: 2019-01–2019-12suggested phase 2: 2020-01–2023-11suggested phase 3: 2023-12–2026-09Mar 2019: 18Apr 2019: 18May 2019: 14Jun 2019: 26Jul 2019: 43Aug 2019: 32Sep 2019: 28Oct 2019: 45Nov 2019: 48Dec 2019: 23Jan 2020: 31Feb 2020: 18Mar 2020: 33Apr 2020: 32May 2020: 36Jun 2020: 23Jul 2020: 40Aug 2020: 53Sep 2020: 56Oct 2020: 30Nov 2020: 44Dec 2020: 32Jan 2021: 31Feb 2021: 25Mar 2021: 45Apr 2021: 31May 2021: 31Jun 2021: 20Jul 2021: 44Aug 2021: 38Sep 2021: 36Oct 2021: 22Nov 2021: 34Dec 2021: 27Jan 2022: 31Feb 2022: 30Mar 2022: 76Apr 2022: 59May 2022: 71Jun 2022: 40Jul 2022: 50Aug 2022: 59Sep 2022: 74Oct 2022: 81Nov 2022: 44Dec 2022: 51Jan 2023: 58Feb 2023: 34Mar 2023: 24Apr 2023: 25May 2023: 33Jun 2023: 66Jul 2023: 30Aug 2023: 55Sep 2023: 42Oct 2023: 40Nov 2023: 53Dec 2023: 62Jan 2024: 74Feb 2024: 66Mar 2024: 60Apr 2024: 55May 2024: 62Jun 2024: 42Jul 2024: 35Aug 2024: 61Sep 2024: 43Oct 2024: 51Nov 2024: 68Dec 2024: 34Jan 2025: 51Feb 2025: 51Mar 2025: 43Apr 2025: 38May 2025: 70Jun 2025: 41Jul 2025: 47Aug 2025: 54Sep 2025: 27Oct 2025: 49Nov 2025: 24Dec 2025: 30Jan 2026: 16Feb 2026: 32Mar 2026: 27Apr 2026: 30May 2026: 11Jun 2026: 25Jul 2026: 18Aug 2026: 25Sep 2026: 26ZeroUnknownJan 2019: zero requests; not connectedFeb 2019: zero requests; not connected?Oct 2016: missing?Nov 2016: missing?Dec 2016: missing?Jan 2017: missing?Feb 2017: missing?Mar 2017: missing?Apr 2017: missing?May 2017: missing?Jun 2017: missing?Jul 2017: missing?Aug 2017: missing?Sep 2017: missing?Oct 2017: missing?Nov 2017: missing?Dec 2017: missing?Jan 2018: missing?Feb 2018: missing?Mar 2018: missing?Apr 2018: missing?May 2018: missing?Jun 2018: missing?Jul 2018: missing?Aug 2018: missing?Sep 2018: missing?Oct 2018: missing?Nov 2018: missing?Dec 2018: missingOct 2016Oct 2017Oct 2018Oct 2019Oct 2020Oct 2021Oct 2022Oct 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025Oct 2026Calendar months

Suggested phases · exploratory · per six months

  1. 1 · Jan 2019–Dec 2019×5.46Fitted increase · 2 zeros fitted as 1
  2. 2 · Jan 2020–Nov 2023×1.06Fitted increase
  3. 3 · Dec 2023–Sep 2026÷1.24Fitted decrease

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Interpretation and limitations (13)
  • Exploratory description, not a forecast, causal explanation or proof of a change.
  • Approximate 95% factor intervals assume independent, constant-variance log residuals and fixed boundaries. They do not account for boundary search, serial dependence or source revisions.
  • Confirmed zeros are treated as 1 only for fitting and its diagnostics. Raw counts stay zero; low-count results depend on this convention.
  • Independent phase lines may jump at boundaries. Every observation belongs to exactly one phase.
  • Reporting, classifications and seasonality can change. Counts are not population-adjusted; a level shift without a slope change is not the target of this search.
  • Uses dated last-good cached data, not newly verified source counts.
  • 2 confirmed zeros fitted as 1; raw counts remain zero. Low-count trends are sensitive to this adjustment.
  • Boundary ranges show near-optimal models within 2 BIC units, not confidence intervals. They can be narrow even when the model is uncertain.
  • A phase is at the minimum allowed length; its boundary may be sensitive to that search limit.
  • 311 status is its value at retrieval, not at request creation. Newer cohorts have had less time to close; Open/Canceled comparisons can reflect workflow or cohort age rather than changing request volume.
  • Current-system 311 coverage starts in 2019. Early phases may reflect adoption/reporting ramp-up; request counts are not completed work or incident prevalence.
  • Many dependent filter conditions were searched. No multiple-testing-adjusted significance or causal attribution is claimed.
  • Frequency compares fixed equal-length windows of raw counts, not population risk or a celeration-factor ratio. Reporting, classifications and exposure may have changed.
Phase diagnostics

Intervals assume fixed boundaries and independent log residuals. They are not adjusted for the phase or filter search. Near-optimal boundary ranges are not confidence intervals.

Saved phase results
PhaseStart–endMonthsFactor / six monthsConditional 95% intervalZeros fitted as 1Lag-one residual
1January 2019–December 201912×5.461.963–15.2020.293
2January 2020–November 202347×1.061.013–1.11000.287
3December 2023–September 202634÷1.240.7572–0.85880-0.162

Near-optimal boundary range: January 2020–January 2020.

Near-optimal boundary range: November 2023–August 2025.

Exact monthly observations (120 slots)

Newest first. Unknown coverage is not a zero. These are the original saved observations, not fitted or rounded predictions.

Raw monthly requests
MonthRaw countCoverage
September 202626complete
August 202625complete
July 202618complete
June 202625complete
May 202611complete
April 202630complete
March 202627complete
February 202632complete
January 202616complete
December 202530complete
November 202524complete
October 202549complete
September 202527complete
August 202554complete
July 202547complete
June 202541complete
May 202570complete
April 202538complete
March 202543complete
February 202551complete
January 202551complete
December 202434complete
November 202468complete
October 202451complete
September 202443complete
August 202461complete
July 202435complete
June 202442complete
May 202462complete
April 202455complete
March 202460complete
February 202466complete
January 202474complete
December 202362complete
November 202353complete
October 202340complete
September 202342complete
August 202355complete
July 202330complete
June 202366complete
May 202333complete
April 202325complete
March 202324complete
February 202334complete
January 202358complete
December 202251complete
November 202244complete
October 202281complete
September 202274complete
August 202259complete
July 202250complete
June 202240complete
May 202271complete
April 202259complete
March 202276complete
February 202230complete
January 202231complete
December 202127complete
November 202134complete
October 202122complete
September 202136complete
August 202138complete
July 202144complete
June 202120complete
May 202131complete
April 202131complete
March 202145complete
February 202125complete
January 202131complete
December 202032complete
November 202044complete
October 202030complete
September 202056complete
August 202053complete
July 202040complete
June 202023complete
May 202036complete
April 202032complete
March 202033complete
February 202018complete
January 202031complete
December 201923complete
November 201948complete
October 201945complete
September 201928complete
August 201932complete
July 201943complete
June 201926complete
May 201914complete
April 201918complete
March 201918complete
February 20190complete
January 20190complete
December 2018Unavailablemissing
November 2018Unavailablemissing
October 2018Unavailablemissing
September 2018Unavailablemissing
August 2018Unavailablemissing
July 2018Unavailablemissing
June 2018Unavailablemissing
May 2018Unavailablemissing
April 2018Unavailablemissing
March 2018Unavailablemissing
February 2018Unavailablemissing
January 2018Unavailablemissing
December 2017Unavailablemissing
November 2017Unavailablemissing
October 2017Unavailablemissing
September 2017Unavailablemissing
August 2017Unavailablemissing
July 2017Unavailablemissing
June 2017Unavailablemissing
May 2017Unavailablemissing
April 2017Unavailablemissing
March 2017Unavailablemissing
February 2017Unavailablemissing
January 2017Unavailablemissing
December 2016Unavailablemissing
November 2016Unavailablemissing
October 2016Unavailablemissing
Source and reproducibility
Publisher dataset
311 Service Requests · City of Chicago
Source retrieved
2026-11-06T12:10:53.153Z
Publisher update
2026-11-06T11:22:56.000Z
Covered months
January 2019–September 2026
Source note
Source v6vf-nfxy. Joint day/category/hour/applicable-flag/ward/status counts; no addresses, coordinates or incident identifiers. Each year's cells reconcile with an independent source total. Reads are not an atomic publisher snapshot. Current 311 system only, legacy_record=false; includes duplicate requests, not completed work. Status is as currently published, grouped by creation date—not historical status or completion date. Prepared daily community-area snapshot; scheduled rebuild at 06:00 America/Chicago. Full supported history is rechecked for corrections. Retrieval timestamps are preserved; this is not a real-time feed. Local indexed neighborhood snapshot. Totals are for the loaded area before other filters, not citywide totals. Citywide and unassigned-area views use a separate network-backed scope.
Snapshot
daily-v1:f761b44d-f9db-4d57-b536-48aea9b60f93:neighborhood-v2:a1f3194e1a558c8e07f0bdcff3c8227e
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
a5745b7f816b714691434016078a81d5d68c2b34db9231d21c2d093311044122

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